essay recently published Bobby Sands. A utopia Irish (Clichy Editions).
The history of Northern Irish Troubles and their cinematic representation in works such as Angel, Some Mother's Son (Some Mother’s Son), Nothing personal (Nothing Personal), The Boxer, Hunger, and others, They will also be the focus of a conference held at the festival prof. Martin McLoone (University of Ulster, Emeritus).
Martin McCann, we saw last year in The Survivalist Stephen Fingleton, interpreter and is also co-director of the mockumentary Starz, one of the short films in competition starring an extraordinary Gerard McSorley (The Constant Gardener, Veronica Guerin), he waited in Rome. The competitive section of IRISH FILM FEAST presents this year fifteen short ranging between various kinds and techniques of realization (animation, documentary, horror, thriller).
Director Ciarán Creagh, the lead actress Caoilfhionn Dunne (the cast of Love / Hate series) and even Gerard McSorley instead will present the drama In View: Ruth is a police officer who, unable to mourn the loss of her son and husband, smarrendo sta anche se stessa. His guilt is undeniable, and he urges her to face the mistakes of the past in search of redemption.
dramatic even for Each Other Mammal, written and directed by Rebecca Daly and starring Rachel Griffiths (Oscar nominations 1999 per Hilary and Jackie) and the young Barry Keoghan (Love/Hate): Margaret news of the teenager's disappearance, she left when he was little, It coincides with the decision to host Joe, a homeless guy who found the street, injured. Mammal was premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2016.
Sanctuary, first work Len Collin, theatrical in origin: the basis is the same name text

di Christian O’Reilly messo in scena dalla Blue Teapot Theatre Company, a Galway company formed by actors with intellectual disabilities. Starring in the film, which keeps the same cast of the play, are Larry and Sophie, two young lovers: What can be more natural for them to want to spend time alone together? But Larry and Sophie are not a couple like any other. And trying to have a bit 'of intimacy are not only breaking the rules, They are breaking the law.
In The Flag of Declan Recks (his first film, Eden, era all’IFF 2008) We can speak again of the Easter Rising, after the Centenary celebrated by the festival last year, through an original comic. Per Harry Hambridge (Pat Shortt), Irish emigrated to London, everything goes wrong. Back home for his father's funeral, is a statement that would have been his grandfather to fly the Irish flag on the General Post Office during the Easter Rising of 1916. Flag which is now hanging, down, in a British barracks. Tired of suffering humiliation, Harry is determined, with the help of unlikely companions (there is also Moe Dunford, visto all’IFF 2015 in Patrick’s Day di Terry McMahon), to recall that benedetta bandiera. In Rome there will be Declan Recks and screenwriter Eugene O’Brien.
Inspired by the story of a cocaine seizure 440 millions of euro off the coast of Cork in 2007, The Young Offenders of Peter Foott (Best Irish Film at the Galway Film Fleadh 2016) He sees two local boys, Conor e Jock, a journey of 160 kilometers on two bicycles stolen in the hope of finding a bale of cocaine that apparently escaped the police. A comedy from the hectic pace, who at home has literally depopulated. The author and director Peter Foott will be at the festival and for the occasion will also be screened his short film The Carpenter and His Clumsy Wife, special mention at the Venice 2004.
Two strangers empty their bank accounts, sell their goods, and put all their capital in cash in a green sports bag. Then they go to a secluded location to fight to the death. The winner buries loser and runs twice as rich. It is the idea behind Traders, the movie Rachael Moriarty e Peter Murphy whose protagonists Killian Scott (Love/Hate) e John Bradley (Game of Thrones). Small but significant roles also for Barry Keoghan and Caoilfhionn Dunne.

Due, finally, the Irish Classic the tenth edition. The first is The General in John Boorman (1998), award for best director at the Cannes Film Festival: the general title is the Dublin criminal Martin Cahill, played in the film by Brendan Gleeson. Known for ruthlessness and the meticulousness with which he planned criminal actions, Cahill has been recounted in detail in the book The General journalist Paul Williams, from which it is taken the screenplay. The text was published for the first time in Italy just last year milieu Editions for the Bandits necklace Timeless, in parallel with two other volumes related to Ireland: On the Brinks dell’ex militante dell’IRA Sam Millar e Bomber Renegade in Michael "Dixie" Dickson, last IRA prisoner to be freed, Today organizer of concerts and sporting events.

from the novel by Sebastian Barry. Played by Rooney Mara, Eric Bana, Vanessa Redgrave e Adrian Dunbar, The secret, already presented at the last Film Festival in Rome, will be released in Italian cinemas 6 April distributed by Lucky Red. Fa parte dell’omaggio a Sheridan anche The Carpenter and His Clumsy Wife, of which the director is the narrator.

Competition, reserved for producing short films or co-Irish production, This year presents fifteen works that range between various genres and techniques of realization: three animated shorts (A Coat Made Dark, The Lost Letter e Second to None), a documentary (Seán Hillen, Merging Views), a mockumentary (STARZ), horror (Blight), a thriller (Gridlock), a fantasy (The Clockmaker’s Dream), an ironic and contemporary adaptation of an ancient Gaelic poem (The Court, directed by actor Seán T. Ó Meallaigh who attended the last edition of IFF), a biopic (Two Angry Men), a romantic comedy starring children (The Debt), a tale of training thematic LGBT (Lily), three dramas (Homecoming, Pause e Today).

Also of note is the presence of big names in the cast of short films: Gridlock is the protagonist of Moe Dunford (guest at the festival in 2015 con Patrick’s Day di Terry McMahon, It is among the interpreters of the Vikings series); Gerard McSorley offre una straordinaria performance in STARZ, whose co-director, Martin McCann, is himself an actor (we saw last year in The Survivalist Stephen Fingleton); Two Angry Men vede Adrian Dunbar, he already passed the IFF, in the shoes Northern Irish playwright Sam Thompson, and newcomer Michael Shea in those of a theater director James Ellis (He directs the son of Ellis, This); Jared Harris and Kate Winslet are, respectively, le voci narranti di The Clockmaker’s Dream e The Lost Letter, directed by the winner of the IFF 2012 (con The Boy in the Bubble, narrato da Alan Rickman) Kealan O'Rourke.
Another literary brackets will be dedicated by the writer festival Dermot Bolger, protagonist of a meeting coordinated by John McCourt (University of Macerata). Born in 1959 a Finglas, northern suburb of Dublin, Bolger is the author of novels, poems and plays. Among his most famous books, Homeward (1997) and Sons of the past (2007), published in Italy by Fazi Editore.

“The short film competition, which we launched in 2010, it does every year more interesting and more later: both by filmmakers (This year we received almost 100 candidature) and audiences. The rest, as evidenced by the names of the actors who appear in selected courts, This is an area that Irish film does not consider secondary, and in which it is reflected the vitality and richness of this film ", says the artistic director Susanna Pellis.
Blight (2015), Brian DeaneA young priest is sent to a remote island off the coast of Ireland to defend the local fishing communities from the threat of dark supernatural forces, but nothing is as it seems.

Court (The Court, 2014), Seán T. From Meallaigh A modern adaptation of the epic poem Cúirt An Irish Mhéan Oíche / The Midnight Court, written in the 1700 da Brian Merriman.

The Clockmaker’s Dream (2015), Cashell HorganIn a world of automata, a clockmaker tries to build the perfect woman and give her the place of his wife who has lost, but it is more difficult than he imagined. Man must find a solution before the time available runs out and your world to stop forever ...

A Coat Made Dark (2015), Jack O’Shea [animation]A man follows the orders of a dog: She should wear a mysterious impossible overcoat with pockets.

The Debt (2015), Helen FlanaganDaithi, ten years, He falls in love with Jessica, a schoolmate. The child asks for help from Penny, Her best friend, to be able to win over Jessica's heart.

Gridlock (2016), Ian Hunt DuffyA little girl disappears during a traffic jam. The father, upset, sudden a search party to find her. All these are possible suspects.

Homecoming (2016), Sinéad O’Loughlin A young, retuned in Ireland, tries hard to find their own place in the world. A familiar face led him to wonder if things are to change.

Lily (2016), Graham CantwellLily, a girl who is about to become a woman, It has a Secret. He will face the biggest challenge of his young life.

The Lost Letter (2016), Kealan O'Rourke [animation]
with the narrative voice of Kate WinsletThe story of a child busy preparing their neighborhoods ahead of Christmas.

Pause (2016), Niamh HeeryA woman in a daze arrives on an island to face its past. While replaying old tapes recorded in the family, the environment that surrounds it gets new life. A woman in a daze arrives on an island to face its past. While replaying old tapes recorded in the family, the environment that surrounds it gets new life. A woman in a daze arrives on an island to face its past. While replaying old tapes recorded in the family, the environment that surrounds it gets new life.

Seán Hillen, Merging Views (2016), Paddy Cahill [documentary]A portrait artist Séan Hillen, shown in the creation of beautiful photomontages. Hillen share their thoughts on work and on a recent discovery lived on a personal level.

Second To None (2016), Vincent Gallagher [animation]

A black comedy about the second oldest man in the world.

STARZ (2016), Kevin Treacy, Martin McCannThe crew of a documentary film follows Dan Cambell, an agent of actors to bankruptcy desperately trying to protect his activities by the latest labor court.

Today (2015), Tristan HeanueA man wakes up in his car: disoriented, He does not remember how it got there in the middle of nowhere. Then slowly she gathers her thoughts, and the reality of what happened hits him with hardness.